My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Drat! Alice, you still need to try harder!

Alice, racing across the seas in the Shipgirl World, was sorting through memories brought back by her avatar when she suddenly shivered for no reason, blinked, and scratched her head in bewilderment.

Meanwhile, in a very short time after the test concluded here, all the high-level officials watching the test in the real world received the test report from Vivian.

The report detailed the circumstances of Life Card Masters confronting these invading super-strong entities.

Admittedly, Shen Sui did disrupt Vivian’s plan by taking out the puppet initially, but his and Alice’s actions to pressure the Life Card Masters later fit well with the test’s theme and exceeded expectations.

In the test report, powerful enemies, employing surprise attacks, camouflage, and frontal breakthroughs, eliminated a large number of Life Card Masters in a very short time with extraordinary combat strength.

There were many Life Card Masters with extremely powerful Soul Cards among them.

However, even in such circumstances, two Life Card Masters managed to find the opportunity to initiate a forced duel, and although they ultimately didn’t defeat their opponents, they at least didn’t lose.

Considering most Life Card Masters neglected and underestimated the situation due to it being their first time encountering this mode of combat in simulation, real battle performance is expected to be more ideal.

Moreover, you should know that those invading the real world for the first time won’t have a deck of cards.

They’ll be expelled the moment a forced duel is initiated.

Powerful Soul Cards kill weak invaders, utilizing Forced Duels to execute First Encounter Kill against powerful invaders, and even if both methods fail, and the opponent gains a deck and duel ability through various means, there’s still a chance to defeat them through duel victories.

Suddenly, the Buffer Space plan became a consensus among most.

The reason it’s just "most" is because some countries have disagreements regarding the execution belonging, since this test was conducted entirely by Huaxia.

But these are trivial details, Zhang Fang was already prepared, and the related negotiation had entered the meeting stage on the same day.

All parties accelerated the implementation of this plan to block extraordinary invasions from the real world as quickly as possible.

And the reason for such urgency is definitely the frightening situation over at Valhalla.

Each party had to deploy their extraordinary powers to suppress the Broken Boundary Creature invasion happening in Valhalla.

Indeed, all sides had reserves of extraordinary powers, which primarily came from the Soul Cards of Life Card Masters.

Some are pure heroes, even despite hardships in other worlds, couldn’t bear it and volunteered to help.

Some agreed to help because of feelings for Life Card Masters.

Others involved deals yet were considered manageable.

Extraordinary Invasion is a disaster capable of destroying the entire world, thus no rational organization would put all eggs in the basket of Life Card Duels.

However, the results of the buffer zone test at least proved that currently, Life Card Duels remain the best choice in the real world. After all, regardless of their reasons for coming to help, those extraordinary visitors are ultimately not "one of us."

These reflections and worries didn’t have much to do with Shen Sui anymore.

He and Vivian had already completed their tasks, and the executable plan was verified; the subsequent implementation depended on the choices of these "natives."

After leaving the Buffer Space, Shen Sui immediately saw Vivian’s expressionless face.

Vivian sat on the sofa, crossing her legs, her black stockings reflecting the chandelier light.

In front of her were two dark screens, with unknown white text dancing across—presumably the backend data from this test.

A beautiful Maine Coon lay on Vivian’s lap, its gorgeous heterochromia glancing at Shen Sui with amusement. Vivian rested one hand on the sofa arm, rhythmically tapping it while her other hand stroked the cat on her lap.

The cat purred contentedly, evidently enjoying the pets very much.

Shen Sui puzzledly eyed the cat in Vivian’s hand.

When did my home start keeping cats?

"So... don’t you want to explain that?" Vivian spoke up.

Qishala came by with afternoon tea and pastries, properly placing them on the coffee table between the two, pressing her dress slightly down with the tray in her hands, before retreating behind Vivian.

"Ahem, all of this was accidental..."

Shen Sui pondered frantically.

He was about to say "it’s all Alice’s fault" when Vivian said:

"Don’t blame Alice. Children are naive; aren’t you too old to be that naive?"

"Alice isn’t a child anymore..." Shen Sui instinctively replied.

Vivian raised her eyebrows: "Are you implying I’m old then?"

No, Alice isn’t even your biological daughter, right? How did you conclude from "Alice isn’t a child" that I was calling you old?

Shen Sui’s mouth twitched slightly but didn’t know how to refute.

Vivian sighed deeply: "Fine, we’ll let it go this time. After all, the backend data shows you didn’t mean to do it. It’s just that puppet was unlucky to be at your landing spot."

Generally, the magic Vivian applied to the puppets was enough to defend against most worldly attacks, especially such high-altitude bastings, designed to make Life Card Masters resort to forced duels against the puppets.

Otherwise, if Soul Cards could resolve battles, why push Life Card Duels so much?

But unfortunately, it was Shen Sui who landed on the puppet from a high fall.

Anyone else wouldn’t have harmed the puppet, but it just had to be Shen Sui.

This dense magical construct, Shen Sui could never fathom.

And everything Shen Sui couldn’t understand was ineffective on him.

Thus, the defense technique on the puppet bore no effect on Shen Sui, completely destroyed by his foot.

"You know all this, and still..." Shen Sui awkwardly said.

"Because I told Vivian your expression would be interesting when questioned." Freymia’s voice chimed in.

Instinctively, Shen Sui glanced but saw only Vivian and Qishala.

"I’m right here." The cat on Vivian’s lap yawned, speaking.

Soon, the adorable cat jumped off Vivian’s lap and transformed back into Freymia upon landing.

Shen Sui observed Freymia’s sudden appearance, also at a loss for words.

However...

Though he’d tasted Freymia’s catgirl form, he hadn’t tried feeling Freymia’s kitty form.

Rub the cat, transform for me!

Then the grassy cat...

Freymia’s eyes sharpened instantly: "I think you’re considering something very dangerous."

"Not dangerous, not dangerous." Shen Sui hurriedly shook his head, "I find it very interesting."

Freymia cupped her chest with both hands, swiftly retreating behind Qishala: "I regret watching the drama now."

"Alright, stop making a fuss." Vivian interrupted their interaction, looking at Shen Sui, "A lot happened at Valhalla during the test; I think you ought to know."

As she spoke, Vivian swiped her hand, turning the data-display screen into a video player.

Playing was the combat occurring in Valhalla over this period.

"I feel like they might be hiding something through this farce." Vivian commented, "The answer might lie within the Thor Cup tournament."

Stroking his chin, Shen Sui said: "I’ll keep an eye on it then."

"By the way." Vivian casually reminded, "Check the Dueling Device, in my design, Buffer Space allows Soul Card actions to bring some Life Cards too. Despite your disruption this time, you might gain something."